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91_HB3409
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1 AN ACT in relation to criminal law.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
5 changing Section 3-8-8 as follows:
6 (730 ILCS 5/3-8-8) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-8-8)
7 Sec. 3-8-8. Grievances.
8 (a) The Director shall establish procedures to review
9 the grievances of committed persons. The Director may
10 establish one or more administrative review boards within the
11 Department to review grievances. A committed person's right
12 to file grievances shall not be restricted. The procedures
13 Such procedure shall provide for the review of grievances by
14 a person or persons other than the person or persons directly
15 responsible for the conditions or actions against which the
16 grievance is made.
17 (b) Such procedures shall provide that a record of such
18 grievance and any decision made with respect to it shall be
19 preserved for a period of one year.
20 (c) Such procedures shall allow committed persons to
21 communicate grievances directly to the Director or some
22 person designated by the Director outside of the institution
23 or facility where the person is confined.
24 (d) All committed persons shall be informed of the
25 grievance procedures established by the Department and they
26 shall be available to all committed persons.
27 (e) Discipline shall not be imposed because of use of
28 the grievance procedure.
29 (Source: P.A. 77-2097.)